Semi Final - Match Reviews

A final congratulations to Dojo Mojo and Cobras for making it through to the Grand Final - its a sign of strength of the two teams that although the semi's were close, both teams pulled through after a consistently high season of only 1 loss each (and a draw between them in the first round robin!).


Slamtown  - Stef

The Dojo capitalised on a few early turns to give themselves a comfortable buffer early in the game.  The Dojo were patient and used their top target (Pete) efficiently offensively, and gave a range of different defensive looks.  Slamtown recovered from their early woes, and were able to make good with their possessions through the middle of the game, and though they were cashing in on their pull receptions, the Dojo continued to do the same and Slamtown remained either 3 or 4 points behind.  With the score at 10-6 to the Dojo, Slamtown cashed in their next pull and then earned a turn and score twice off of their pulls.... now at 10- 9... the game heated up significantly.  Points traded, and in last point was called with Slamtown poised to pull to Dojo, the score 12-11 to the Kenshi.  Slamtown couldn't find the block, and Dojo hammered in the goal to take the game and deny SFC what would have been their 6th consecutive finals berth.

Good luck to the Dojo as they take on the Cobras in next weeks Grand Finals.

Cobras - Troy

Are you ready, Alex? Uh huh
Dan? Yeah
Dan2? okay
Alright, cobras, let's go!

Well, it's been getting so hard
Playin' with the cuts you make for me
My reports are getting so strange
I'd like to blog you everything, you see
I see Wetnose at the back, he's about to attack
His foul was as clear as the sun
No one puts Reece in the corner, Of himself none are surer
'Cause he thinks he's not the short one

Oh, yeah, Alex was like lightning, his clamp d was frightening
And their sideline was soothing, to him they couldn't stop losing
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

And Brian in the stack said everyone get back
And it turned out we were playing Blitz
And Troy in the front corner, said Blitz I wanna warn ya
I still haven't taken off my pants
Taken off my pants
Taken off my pants
Taken off my pants
Taken off my pants

Oh, Dan's jumping up for something
Catching on the way down is all he'll ever do
Oh, I quickly call Gurin over
When you appear, there's no hair left on you
And now there is a jack
It's right past the stack as Blitz raises his hands to the sky
But the DW's in the corner he's always the scorer
He says your goal rate can never be too high

Oh yeah, the game was electric, so frantically hectic
And the crowd weren't leaving, in fact they all stopped breathing
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

And Linus from the stack was talking some smack
And it turned out we were playing Blitz
And then Reece was like, I can't understand ya
He was talking German against Blitz
Playing Blitz
Blitz
Blitz
Blitz

Oh yeah, Kiesy's hands like lightning, pressure catches frightening
And the final siren was soothing, 'we all started grooving
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Next week Finn won't be sick don't let him throw a flick
Because we won't be playing Blitz
And the Dojo from the corner said Cobras, I wanna warn ya
Next time you won't be playing Blitz
We're not Blitz
We're not Blitz
We're not Blitz
We're not Blitz

I didn't cover the spread
Didn't cover the spread
Didn't cover the spread
3 and a half point spread.

Cobras Win 12-10

Blitz 1 - Cunliffe

So it's the business end of the season.

And I think "persistent performance under pressure" best summarised what was required to win the Blitz v Cobras semi and ultimately it was Cobras with a little be more experience who managed to hold it together in the key moments in the game.

So firstly, congratulations Cobras - it was a well deserved win. They showed some real experience to knuckle down late in the game to come back after being down 10 v 9  and score the next 3 points to basically cement their place in the grand final.

And whilst Blitz brought it back to 12 v 11 with one point to play to make for a nail biting finish, Cobras showed their experience and class to work it down the field and take the game 13 v 11.

With all that said, I was very proud with how Blitz played - it was our first finals appearance and I thought the boys played commendably and threatened to run away with the game if Cobras even let up for the slightest period.

I really feel like this season Blitz has dropped the "rookie team" tag and showed the league that we are true contenders for the title and I suspect we may not have to wait long to see Blitz in the grand final or Blitz 2 making a run for the finals itself.

But as with every right of passage in life you first have to be "contenders" before you can be "champions" and I sensed after last night's game the Blitz boys have no intention of only being "contenders"

next season. Look out BPL...

; )

Heroes - Seb

Heroes played a severely understrength and undersized Buggers last night and came away with the win and 5th place with a score of 15-9. We had them at half 8-2 but they rallied in the second stanza to give the game a respectable scoreline. It is unfortunate that they could only field 6 for the last game of the season. For a game with no finals ramifications, it seems odd that the Bugs didn't accept our offer of an extra player or two to make the game more even. Credit to the Bugs that were there, and did do their very best all night.

Blitz 2 - James

The placing game was awesome against UQ Lovers, even though we lost to them.

Anyway, the game started with 8 blitz players without any of talented super stars, but still we started with the first point. We couldn't stop BW and Gary for 5 straight points. However, after we call time out, we brought the score back to 6:5. UQ Lovers took the half at 8:6. Our match seem more interesting than semi finals. We seen great throws from rookies from each team, and great catches at the end-zone. 

It was really good game, UQ Lovers win 15:10 as 6th place of the BPL

Thanks for excellent BPL season